British Coal Problem. Bad Distribution Methods
During the course of his presidential address to the British Institute of Fuel, at London recently, Lord Melchett (Sir Alfred Mond) said that the present…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mining & the mines, 1929
7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
Two Aberdare Mines Are Idle Cessnock
Aberdate and Aberdare Extended Collieries were idle today At Aberdare The employees again discussed the non-payment of allowance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Leases Dispute "Windfall From Gamble"
Claims and leases are synonymous terms to people unacquainted with gold-mining. There is, however, a wide distinction…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners' Lodge Funds Treasurer for Trial Newcastle
JAMES MITCHELL, 32, formerly treasurer of Shortland Miners' Lodge, was committed for trial from Newcastle Court to-day on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Deadly Fumes" Near Big School Balmain Mine Stir
ALD. BROWNLEE caused a stir at Balmain Council last night, when he stated that deadly fumes from the local coal mine were a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →First Coal in Britain Little Used by Romans
Professor Henry Louis, president of the Institution of Mining Engineers, declares that If tho Romans In Britain used coal they used it only sporadically…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N. Guinea Gold Claim for Share Prospectors Gains
A SIDELIGHT was thrown on the adventures of C. G. Rosslter when in a search of New Guinea gold, in the course of an inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Marts—money—mines and Maritime Australia Hotel Borrowing Power St. Waygood Capital
In order to provide additional capital for an extension of [?] of the shareholders of the Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., will be field on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Trade. Serious Shrinkage. 700,000 Tons Decrease Last Year. Newcastle
Returns showing the quantity of coul shipped from Newcastle last year, made available by the Sub-Collector of Customs (Mr. A. H. Gibson) to-day, bear further witness to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Saving the Coal Industry Views of Sir Robert Home and Mr. Frank Hodges
Great Britain to-day is facing one of the most serious problems it has ever been called upon to tackle. The coal industry—the biggest primary industry of the country—has been so hard hit since the war that it has been reduced to the verge of bankruptcy. In Australia we are on the fringe of a similar crisis. But the outlook is not as bad as the pessimists would have us believe. Science…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip London Loan £7,000,000 FOR N.Z. N.Z. Borrows in London
A cable message from the London representative of "The Sun" states that the Government of New Zealand has had underwritten a loan of £7,000,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Starpoi a Surprise Packet Smartness of Greensil Gold Tinge Badly Away : King Crow Worth Following Bravado Again Fails
There was a fair attendance at Warwick Farm on Saturday, but I am afraid that course will never receive the patronage the A.J.C. anticipated. This is to be regretted, after the club's heavy expenditure. "Too far away" was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glimpses of Country Life a Glimpse of Adelong To-day. The Old Mining Township of Adelong
ADELONG was once the magnet that drew thousands of miners from all parts of the world to its goldfields. Many rich finds were struck and many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tips, Jockeys and Programme for Kensington Imported Colt Takes Honors at Randwick Mr. Pat. Osborne Has Got Hold of Something Good Gold Cup Horses in Form
A.J.C. COMMITTEEMAN. MR. PAT. OSBORNE, appear, to have got hold of something "out of the box" in the Buchan colt, John Buchan, whom he imported from England recently THE YOUNGSTER PUT UP ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE gallopa at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from the Goldfields
FROM Papua, where in the mountains men are delving for the yellow metal, a little news arrives occasionally. This item is fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →English Cricketers Go Down Gold Mine Melbourne
LARWOOD, the English bowler, and several other members of the English team, went down a deep gold mine at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clutching Hand Coal Barons' Aberdare Mine Grab Workers' Pay Deducted Cessnock
How the Coal Barons are attempting to filch hard-won conditions from the miner is clearly shown by the wholesale grab which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Dispute Settled. Lithgow
The dispute at the Lidsdale [?]ery [?] been adjusted, following a conference between the management and the men. The management [?]as agreed to provide spring catches…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining
B.H. South: 1/, payable February 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larwood Down the Mine
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Prior to the match at Bendigo today members of the English team descended 1320 feet into the…
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